We carry a lot of unnecessary mental load because of the
habitual running of thoughts which keeps us heavily externalized. Just understanding how this process traps us
is enough to start unloading. An
affectionate bystander attitude is all that is needed.
As one goes ahead with this process of unloading, it takes
him or her along an interesting journey into oneself. Generally people are not interested in this
because they are hooked on to chasing something that gives them the feeling of
getting somewhere, being somebody etc.
The true joy of life is lost when the present is sacrificed for the sake
of the future. This mental habit keeps
people under its thumb like a juggernaut.
Seeing what a poison it is, some people move into what may be called the
Natural Meditation. This meditation is
not based on any technique but on the understanding of the tyranny of
thought. It is just like learning how to
swim. The first steps in swimming, which
is essentially a matter understanding the buoyant forces of water reflexively,
are learned through a quiet contact with water.
We cannot say, ‘I am afraid of drowning; let me learn swimming and then
enter water’. The same way, Natural Meditation too is learned through a direct
dip into self-awareness - awareness of how self-interest keeps one’s habitual
mental movements running and, in the process, creating the burden that we carry
unnecessarily. Once we sense this, the
movement of freedom begins, releasing oneself from the burden. This helps us glide into our inner region
where we understand the true joy of living.
The beauty of it is that it does not lead to any kind of ascetic life, a
life in which one is supposed to deny ordinary pleasures of life. In fact, one becomes cheerful and mirthful to
the point of loving everything one does.
There is a strange combination of seriousness in fulfilling one’s
responsibilities and a laid-back attitude that helps one drop off the idiotic
load that millions of human beings carry so unnecessarily.
More on Natural Meditation is covered in the website
http://spirituality.yolasite.com You can
also communicate with me via the email gopal.tc@gmail.com
